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? Thi * VOL. 2. NO. 82 SEM1-WE Burned in Benzine Buppv. Terrible Fate of Autoists. Now York, July 21. ? E lwar K Gallagher, u i>ew York pin sician, wa? burned to death i an automobile accident on Lou Irilund to-nigh', while his fianci who accompanied him, was pei haps fatally injured. He was driving his machiti over the Locust avenue crossin in Jamaica, L. I., when the ci was struck a glancing blow b the Narragansett llyer, a fast pa Benger train. The machine was thrown great distance and turned ov< upon its occupants. A momei later the gasoline tank explode and shot the burning oil over tb half stunned autoists. The phy6 , can was so burned as to be harr ly recognizable. He died in few minutes. Miss Madigan w-i also frightfully burned. Her le leg was broken, her jawbone wi Iracturea and her teeth knocke out. She is not expected to lit until morning. Miss Madiga and Dr. Gallagher were to hat been married in August. Appeal to Auto Owners. The members of the Tirzal Bible Society request, your pre ence at their meeting, but n< the "autos." The poor hai working farmers want to atten but are afraid that autos wi frighten their stock. We eari estly ask auto owners not to ut their "autos" on Saturday, Jul 27th, 1907. Every one is invi ed. We are expecting a lar$ attendance provided the "auto: don't run. News Reader. Family of 14 Poisoned. Mayfield, Ky., July '22.?E ward Seay, his two sons, B. < Seay and Merritt Seay, and men hers ol their families, 14 persoi in all, are in a critical conditio jk at I'ottsville, from ptomaine p<i soning as a result, ol eating it cream containing the poison at dinner party Sunday. B. ( Seay, one of the persons ill, is prominent attorney in Westei Kentucky. Typoid Epidemic atTuskege Birmingham, Ala., July 22 A special from Tufkegee, Ala savs n. tvnhnifl tpver onirlpmip prevailing at Tuskegee Normi Institute and that two deaths an 27 cases have been reported fro] the school. It. is announced?thi while the epidemic Inn bee cheeked, its| source is unknown Considerable sickness prevails i tbe town. ?The many friends of Dr. I S. Beckham will reuret to leai that he is critically ill at h home in Kershaw, haying su t nine I a second stroke of paral; sis during the past few days. ?The Kershaw Baptist churt has extended a call to the He ** W. L. R. Call all, of Ueorc S I town. i Lanc/ LEDGER 1852 REVIEX :EKLY. LANCASTER. I ? ? Over 100 Lives Lost in Col- Gov. Glenn lision at Sea. na Replies ley, of the 2 tl San Francisco. July 22.?Iti / one of the worst of marine di?- Raleigh ?p n asters in the history of the Cal- Atlanta Jourr g ifornia coast, between 100 and has issued a s 5, 150 lives were lost, as far as has to the one g - been learned, by a midnight col night in Ashe lision between tlie steamer Co- Finley, of the ie lumbia and the steam lumber in which he c g schooner S ?n Pedro, in Shelter misstates fact ir Cove, 12 miles southwest of the state is tr.vii y Medocina-Mumboldt county line, interfere with s between 12 and 1 o'clock yester- ol judicial pro day morning. ger rate litiu a Nearly all of the Columbia's veloped so sec sr passengers and many of her crew Governor G if tirnen oq!aa%i ? ? f ??. U- " ... ..vionmo^ in viio11 cauiiiH ?nu is obeying eve id bunks when the crash came. As the federal c< ie the San Pedro backed away the r0ad compan i- sea poured in through the ragged cognize the sti 1- hole in the Columbia's bow above forcement of I a and below the water line, and in He says th is five minutes the Columbia sank no unlawful o ft to the bottom, the deep waters to the utmos is of Shelser Cove coveriug over the courts, acting sd tops of the Columbia's masts. ing their proce 'e According to J. S. Flynn, a ders. in passenger on the Roanoke, Capt. Preparation re Doran of the Columbia, succeed- the resistence ed iu launching four lifeboats as Southern to si two rafts before the Columbia judgment for sank. Flynn in an interview is Judge Long If quoted as saying that 88 paeseu ti- gers, all men, got away in that Family Ro\a 8- manner, and were saved : that n Capt. Doran acted with ?reat d coolness iu the face of death aud Columbus, id went down with his ship. Flynn Chapma 11 is furthermore quoted as saying *s dead, Henr i- that not one of the hundred odd *8 8er'( ? , Arthur Martii je women passengers were saved. ! 18 years of afs ' " "" ' ' with the mun Attempted Criminal Assault The traged; in North Carolina. city in Bellwc 6 o'clock. Yo Ashevdle special in yesterday's s>,id, precipit Charlotte Observer: News was throwing roch leceived here by telephone today elder Martin j of the attempted criminal assault Winchester r, ^??f Mrs. Giaham, telegraph oper- shots at Chap n | ator at Paint Rock, yesterday the fire with i afternoon. struck these us , According to the message, the fell. n . victim wa* walking along a road Mrs. Oh apt ( near Paint Rock when she was says she saw a assaulted by a man whose name Up his lather' ^ is given as John Kennedy. It is Chapman, tin t said tha? the man dragged his iM the rigli victim from the road and had him. her choked almost into insensi- bility When the crime was detec- Fish led hv persons passing near'that e. * 1 ? r' .e Moreh way. f he man was taken into , , . .. dent of the 'Jl custody and the victim sa ? , responsible lo from criminal assault, lie . -I. i .1 , . H Alexander carried to Marshall last evei { ' __ is ..... .. 3 ington Nonh , and placed in jail, ill 4 on the new bt id " day morning, m Auto Cuts Queer Caper-- ; fort une t > dro wt Jumps Over Embankment ihe channel, n and Climbs Tree. >ali an hour, i.! i lck in not be in Pittsburg, Pa , July 21 ?John polled ou' a j .J. Wallace, a well known bud- e e-glasses a< ] ness man of this city, is dead C j with a broken neck, his wife is <Iiss Mamie 11 j dying at her home with serious berry, is \ isit '8 I internal injuries and J S Hennerj^r* ^ * ^r" 9":and wile, friendsof the Wallaces, i Col. and M; v" are in a serious condition, as a re- returned yeah suit ol an accident to their motor j ?' Pnimy. ;h car, which plunged over a 150; Master.Joe v. foot embankment on the road to! mincdiam. A1 Butler tonight, and landed in a summer with . big tree. . Jud^e and Mr ?TI V 1&76 ENT1 S. C., JULY 24. 19 of North Caroli - j T to President FinSouthern. 1 th ecial in vestwrday's hi lal: Governor Glenn St tatement in answer *a iven out Saturday so ville by President 00 Southern railway, M barges that Finley h s when lie says the th to ''Hamper or he the orderly course di ceeduro"in passen- wl ;ation that has doisationally. m' lenn says the stale ^ ry order issued by w< >urt, while the rail j? y is refusing to re- Ul ite courts in the en- in the state law. P8 e state will commit r unseemly act, but t sustain I he slate ; legally in executes against all ciffen ^ i is being made for of any effort by the tay the execution in a $30,000 imposed by N< ist week. or f Results in Trag- ie edy. ar de Ga., July 22.? n, 22 years of age, {G y Martin 46, years )usly wounded, and i, son of the latter. ;e, is in jail charged ier of Chapman. y occurred near the >od this morning at ung Martin, it is ated the row by ;s at Chapman. The s0 appeared with a u, and fired several man, who returned i pistol. One shot nior Martin ami he i P nan, who was near, young Martin pick . , , , in s rille and tire at j 3 bail taking effect 0( t lomple, killing _ M f ore Glasses. J. ead City corresponliarlotte Observer is r the following : J. , edi'or of the LpxState, was fi.diing L: ldge draw, ye->ter-j and had the mis p his eyeglasses in After fishing for ^ and bemoaning his ?ing able to see, he ?' jerch that had his M ross its nose. ) Pearson, of Newing the family of irvin. re. T. V. Williams arday from the Isle ?1 Colburne, of Bir- ^ a., is spending the his grand-parents, cl s. D. A. Williams . I in iR r*> ^DDDTCU toot ? XVI I O ' i 07 I he Big Picnic of theSeas< Ed. News : Plea:e aunnui rouuh your columns that a co nation Masonic and Sund jhool picnic celebration v ke place at Antioch. The IV us from other Indues in t unty are specially invited. If . L. Smith, ex-speaker of I ouse of liepreseua'ives, one e best orators of the south, 1 ten invited to deliver the i ess. Appropriate side degr< ill be conferred upon the lad Masonic lamilies. Please ember the date, Saturday Ai >, and everybody come w ell filled baskets and let us < y the day. Bro. C. L. Mc3 is will serve icecream, etc, it g the day, the proceeds to hi ly for ceiling Masonic Hall. P r q t urn all v R. Thos. Blackmon W. M. Antioch Lodg lasonic Picnic at Hes Springs. Editor News : There will pienic given by Barron Lnc o. 26, at Heath Springs, S. < i August 2nd. Gov. Ansel, Congressman F y and Hon. W. W. Lumpl e expected to be present a diver addresses The public is cordially irvi attend and bring well fil iskets. Yours fraternally, E. L. Crenshaw Secietar Heath Springs, July 22. Pleasant Hill Items. Mr. W. D. Rodders, ot J a nham section, came down S relay and returned home M IV, on a visit to his friends. Mi-s Lee Mobley went to R >1 Place the past week to ti larye ol the school at t lace. Mr. S. Beckham, Jr., is h ig improvements made to )Use. He is having it plasl 1. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Magill, agill section, have been vi in their parents, Mr and .V M. Oaskey. Mr. Henry Hammond sp .inday night in Lancaster. Mi>s Minnie and AlvinCau t have been visiting relative! incaster. Mr. M. L Beckham spent S ly in Kershaw with his lath r. R. S. Beckham. Mrs'. E. 11. Beckham's child Branchville, S. C., are visit rs. M. L. Beckham. Ilex Pleasant Hill, July 22. ?Dr. J. B. l'atrick lost a 1 d>le horse Monday. The j iid died <>t consumption. ?The Hills Creek school ^ pen next Monday, with Mr. . Gardner as teacher ?Attention is called to IV lant Cloud's new annout ent elsewhere. IFW< PRICE?!" VE CENTS PE& C< pn. \ News in t J. W. llenline, mil m- at Spartanburg, was lay Sa'urday. Heissuppo nil committed suicide. . la- Carr, a 5-year-old chil lite land county, whs burnt on. his clothes catching lite carrying a shovel of li i of a wash-pot. . . . Suber, las who cut the Key. R. 1 id- in Green wood county, ees od in the last issue of ies was captured at Clint re- day . . . .Thomas Milra; ig. die-aged white man, is ith Winston?Salem, N. C gn- with criminal assault da year-old sister-in-law . . ur- Truce, a negro accus pip dering a colored wo lynched by negroes Si Olive Branch, Miss. , ken from officers by th e. A loaded box car y from the Southern's ith Charlotte Sunday aft< lande 1 against the bri< of Burwell & Dunn, Li .1 oe me siore, I l?re amountiug lo severa 3#| dollars.... The Rev. M. Sweets, of Shelby in. has been elected lo s cin late Dr. Nevill as p ind the Presbyterian Colle ion.... The emperor led havine acquiesced'tc 1 led for his abidicHtion, tf seat has been transfe Crown Prince .. . . \ t E. Adamson, who wa y. married Miss Alda O. Ihe vicinity of Char Killed in a trolley acc Ocean View Friday Mr. E. E Phillips, of ion, N. C., received a >at- stroke Saturday, wl nn. n "? - .... i repiaem jij. i> the Cotton Groweis* / u.i- in a speech at Green' fike i! ay urged tlie farme hat warehouses an<l hold 1 5 cents .... Zeke Le av- er of the alleged An hi- lynchers, is being tri< :er- roe this week . . . . Ju ard, ot the U. S. Coi Qf clared unconstitutin sjt. Carolina's railroad ra jrs Associate Justice Anil of the Georgia Snpi ent has >esii:ned. Capture of Six I Liquor that hac i in _ ^ Down River. Darlington special i er, XT , ,, i t*? s ari.i v;ourier: l Jej S W. 11. Mozingo and 1J ren D. Fields captured si ,n^i whiskey and arrested McOall, a well-known ! who was in possesion < Saturday night. The ? v;d- eflfeeted at the pom tni- Charleston, Sumter i em Railroad cross* Rjver. The barrels h will |y heen tl ?11 d to wn *ra some distance id lar point tor the purpo ler transported through t tee- out to Darlington, or of the timers oi this se : J > _ _: -? ?? OPY. M ief. % rltg operative < drowned sed lo have . .Clarence id in Rich ed to dealh, lire while ve coals lo I lie negro r. Bradley a- publishThe News, Ion Satur oy, a mid ill jail at charged on his 10. . Andrew ed of muriman, was iturday at He was tae mob. ras hurled track in ;rnoon and ck building , partially die damage 1 thousand Dr. David ville, Ky., tucceed the resident of ge at Olin' of Korea die demand >e imperial irred to the lr. George is to have Sherrill, of lotte, was j iiuwut near night .... W ashing fatal sun-* nle fishing . Smith, of Ls o ution, vil e Salurrs to build cotton for iwis, aiiothson county 3d in Mon:dge Pritchirt, has dona 1 No: tli te law row J.Cobb reme Court barrels of 1 Floated ill Monday'* )Uiy Sheriff oliceman 1. x barrels of Charles R. white m ?n )f the same, c ipi ure was t where the and Northis Pee-Doe a 1 evidentstream Inr ided at tois ae of being he swamps other lairs ction. A